Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Minister, please be convinced."

"Convince yourself."

"..."

"That's it, let's all step back." Li Shimin waved his hand lazily: "I will leave this matter to you."

"I'm waiting to retire."

Chapter 621

Chapter 86

"Xuanling, why did you stop me just now?" Apart from the imperial study room, Wei Zheng couldn't wait to pull Fang Xuanling: "I still have a lot of questions, and what does His Majesty mean just now?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head slightly: "This, you should think about it yourself, I dare not say it."

"Don't dare to say... Could it be... Impossible, Your Majesty is in the prime of life..." Wei Zheng is not an idiot, what is there in this world that Fang Xuanling dare not say?It's nothing more than the throne, but...

However, if it is true...

Think carefully!

"Shut up!" Du Ruhui quickly covered Wei Zheng's mouth, and said in a low voice, "It's fine to understand some things..."

"Sorry, sorry, I can't help it, I can't help it." Wei Zheng smiled coyly: "It's because what you said is too scary, and I can't... it's too scary."

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "Who knows what His Majesty thinks?"

"Then when do you think...it will be?"

"...It should be in the past three to five years." Du Ruhui recalled in his mind: "Your Highness once said that if you give him ten years, he can turn Yuezhou into another Chang'an. Your Majesty doesn't believe it. , I once accidentally told me that as long as His Highness can build Yuezhou into a Hangzhou within five years, he will be relieved..."

"..." Wei Zheng became more and more horrified, but he couldn't speak.

With the arrest of a large number of heads of various ministries, the situation in Chang'an City became more and more depressing, especially after the charges of the arrested people were announced in the newspapers, and they were all prepared to be executed, the atmosphere became extremely tense.

In Chang'an City, in a certain mansion.

By the pond, an old man was leisurely fishing, and behind him stood two young people, one more mature and the other a little immature.

The immature young man is reporting the situation to the old man: "Old Ancestor, this time our people have been arrested, our control over the court has dropped greatly. And according to the newspaper, Li Shimin's actions are far more than these, He is planning to capture all the offenders in Datang back to Chang'an, and ask them to be executed in the street.

It's a shame that Li Shimin would choose the time like this, but when we transferred the main force to Lingnan and Chang'an was empty, it was really treacherous. "

"So what?" The old man lifted the fishing rod, and another older young man stepped forward to put a new bait on the hook, and said slowly, "Even if Li Shimin has the best skills in all the 360 ​​states in the world, if he wants to use these It will take at least half a year for all the people to be escorted back to Beijing. If some of these people resist or abscond, it will take even more time. Half a year is enough for us to solve the matter of Lingnan Yindao, and there will be Yindao With the silver mines here, we can definitely compete with Datang."

"You guys..." The old man finally opened his eyes and shook his head in disappointment: "Up until now, you are still obsessed with the interests of Silver Island. Could it be that you really can't let go of such a little treasure?"

"Old ancestor, how can this be a small treasure?" Speaking of the treasure, the eyes of the two young people turned red immediately, and the old and young man said excitedly: "That is the treasure of an island, the whole island, the whole island is full of treasures. Made of silver ore.

As long as we get there, our family will prosper forever from now on, and no one can shake our status. At that time, we will be emperors if we want to be emperors, and we will be the ones behind the scenes if we want to be the ones behind the scenes. A little foundation. "

The immature youth was even more excited: "Yes, old ancestor, as long as we have that silver island, what is the Li Dynasty? What is the whole world? With Silver Island in hand, even if we don't do anything, it is enough for our family to be comfortable. Lived for 1 years."

"You guys...you haven't thought about it, even if we get Yindao in the end, what if Datang breaks his promise?" Hearing this, the old man was even more disappointed. None of them could break away from the attraction of Yindao, let alone the family's wine bag and rice bag. I am afraid that Shi Lezhi, who was attracted by Yindao, has long been attracted.

"At that time, we will fight to the death among ourselves. Even if we can win in the end, how much strength will we have left after we have wiped out the rest of the enemies? If Datang repents, we may not even have the strength to fight back. .”

"How is it possible? It is impossible for the imperial court to do such unfaithful things." The old man laughed when he heard the words: "You don't know, my ancestors. The current imperial court pays the most attention to the so-called benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. It is the foundation of the country, how could they destroy the Great Wall by themselves?"

The immature young man also said: "Yes, old ancestor, elder brother is right, if the court loses its trust, who will listen to them in the future? Don't worry, wait for us to dig out the silver mine with peace of mind. When the time comes Create a set of sterling silver furniture for your ancestors, and let your old buddies drool with envy."

"Hey! Well, the old ancestor is waiting for that day." The old man sighed. He knew that everyone in the family was fascinated by the silver mine, and he let himself speak out even if he told the cruelest truth. Under the hood of the silver mine, they would also find countless reasons to convince themselves—even if the reason was very naive.

"Sure enough, since ancient times, it has been difficult for money." The more the old man thought about it, the more melancholy he became: "No, I have to leave a trace of incense for the family, otherwise if they really let them go on like this, it will be a catastrophe for us.

Li Shimin, this move of yours is really powerful. The family lost this time, so they are convinced.But the lights of the aristocratic family will never be extinguished. Datang is indeed powerful now, but no matter how powerful a tiger is, there will be a time to breathe. The brilliance of the aristocratic family will eventually shine on the world again one day. "

With just one thought, the old man has already made a decision. The current aristocratic family is completely hopeless. If the family wants to continue, it must be reborn from Nirvana, abandon everything in the past, and completely separate from the glory of the past.Only in this way can we exchange for a glimmer of life and have the opportunity to continue the family's past glory.

Similar conversations spread throughout every corner of the Tang Dynasty. As long as there is a little understanding in the family, all families have made the same decision as the old man.

As for the abandoned clansmen—these people who have been blinded by interests have no value for redemption, let them feed the family incense and dedicate everything.

As for whether it would be too cruel to do so?

For the continuation of the family, all sacrifices are worth it.

Chapter 622

Chapter 87 Liu Yi complains

The turmoil in Chang'an is turbulent, and the turmoil in Lingnan is more treacherous than Chang'an.

After all, everything in Chang'an is just in the dark, but now in Lingnan, it is killing people in the street in broad daylight, and no one dares to take care of it-in fact, it's not that no one dares to take care of it, but because there is really powerlessness, some remote counties in Lingnan , only a dozen arresters plus more than 100 patrolling officers and soldiers, this configuration can only pretend.

But what about the murderer?There must be more than 100 people on any side, all weapons are excellent, well-trained, and their combat effectiveness is not the same as that of patrol officers and soldiers who are just dawdling.

Under such an obvious contrast, there is only one task left for the patrol officers and soldiers or the police, and that is to wait for the two sides to merge before coming to the scene to collect the corpses.

"Your Highness, these days are really suffocating me to death." Liu Yi traveled thousands of miles to Yuezhou, and sued in front of Li Zhen with a bitter face: "In just over a month, the mountain goods factory I established was destroyed. It was robbed three times, the treasury was burned twice, and even the only two streets in the county were smashed several times. I myself was almost accidentally injured twice, and Zheng Yuan was injured in a conflict , are still sick in bed now...Your Highness, this matter can't be tolerated anymore, if we endure it, we may really die in office for no reason. You have to find a solution for me, Otherwise, I will really give up my pick.”

Liu Yi is the county magistrate of Zhenyang County. Zhenyang County is located in the northern part of Yuezhou, almost connected with Shaozhou, and deep in the mountains. It is a first-class remote place. out of trouble.

However, since Liu Yi became the magistrate of Zhenyang County, he wiped out all the bandits and barbarians in the territory, and the family was powerful, and the atmosphere in Zhenyang County changed greatly.

Internally, he established various mountain product processing factories, recruited workers to process various mountain products, and transported them to Yuezhou for sale through waterways, making a lot of profits.For a while, there was a prelude to great rule in Zhenyang County.

However, the good times don’t last long. Seeing that the living conditions in Zhenyang are getting better and better, and the people’s faces are gradually smiling, Liu Yi is preparing to work harder to build more factories to push the living standard of Zhenyang one step further. , to reach Zhongxian (the Tang Dynasty appraised the level of a county, not only to comment on the population, but also on the tax. If the number of people is enough but the tax cannot be paid, the corresponding level will not be reached, and if the tax is enough, the population is not so important. ), something happened to Li Zhen.

In order to paralyze the major forces, let them feel at ease and grab the control of Yindao, he transferred the entire Lingnan army to other places, which also caused Lingnan's defense to be empty.

Those forces that had long coveted Zhenyang's wealth immediately ordered those bandits and bandits to invade Zhenyang.Of course Liu Yi was not willing to be robbed of the fruits of his labor, but he was powerless. With such a small garrison in Zhenyang County, it was impossible for him to be the opponent of the bandits. Coupled with Li Zhen's order, he could only I can watch the bandits rob Zhenyang County time and time again.

"Don't worry, don't worry, drink a cup of tea first, and talk slowly." Li Zhen smiled and handed him a cup of tea. Liu Yi is not the first person to complain to him, he has long been used to it.

"Which side are the people who shot?"

"Suck it!"

Liu Yi took a sip of tea, sighed, and said, "If only I knew which side was attacking, I just didn't know which side was attacking, so I came to you——Your Highness, this matter is really serious." I can't bear it any longer. You don't know how abominable the thieves are nowadays. They dare to go to the county town to use knives in broad daylight. Do you know how many people are accidentally injured? It's just the people. If If we continue to indulge, they will kill officials and rebel."

"You don't have to worry about this, they don't have the courage yet." Li Zhen smiled: "At least before the ownership of Yindao is clear, they don't have the courage to kill officials, and after the ownership of Yindao is confirmed, you Do you think they still have the ability to bring disaster to Lingnan again?"

"But I'm afraid that in the end they will be so red-eyed that they don't care about anything." Liu Yi's slightly green face could not help showing a little worry: "Now they have not only mobilized the elite, but also have them The bandits under control are also active everywhere. And I am worried about another thing. Before I came in just now, I had an exchange with Liu Huizheng, the magistrate of Panyu County. He also suffered from bandits there. This is the case in all counties.

That is to say, the bandits in the entire Yuezhou have been scattered. Even if the major forces fight for a loss, there are bandits everywhere who can break through the county at any time. If we want to punish them, they can also cause chaos in various places at any time.Even if a commoner dies, it's not worth the loss for us. "